Synthesis, purification and crystallization of guanine-rich RNA oligonucleotides

Biological Procedures Online

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 257-262

  Pan, Baocheng ^a   Shi, Ke ^a   Sundaralingam, Muttaiya ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystallization; Isolation and purification; Oligonucleotides

Indexed keywords

BARIUM ION; BUFFER; CALCIUM ION; GUANINE; MAGNESIUM ION; METAL ION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; POTASSIUM ION; RNA; SODIUM ION; STRONTIUM;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFRACTION; PH; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RNA PURIFICATION; RNA SYNTHESIS; SCREENING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 25444530328     PISSN: 14809222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1251/bpo96     Document Type: Article

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